Chemical-Free Luxury Resort Vacation in Hawaii
Written by Vacation Idea.com Travel Editors.
Nothing will ruin your vacation faster than arriving at the resort of your dreams only to be given the key to a unclean room. Hotels and resorts all around the world understand the fact that guests won't stay in a filthy room and endeavor to do their best to clean every room and public area of their hotel thoroughly. However, in their quest to eradicate dust, stains and germs from all surfaces in the hotel, many hotels are using very harsh chemicals in large quantities. Chemical build-up can also be bad for guests but not many realize it.
In Hawaii, the Fairmont Orchid has taken environmentally friendly hotel maintence to a higher level. The housekeeping team has switched to botanical cleansers and disinfectants, while the landscaping team (in charge of the resort's beautiful grounds) has switched to organic methods. At the same time oceanographers are monitoring the health of the coral reef at the resort.
Denise Levesque, the head of housekeeping at the Fairmont Orchid, is responsible for the hotel's switch to natural brand cleaning products. The hotel uses Benefect, a Canadian product line developed by Sensible Life Products that surpasses both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Health Canada requirements for hospital-grade disinfectants.
When you walk through the hotel you won't smell any harsh chemicals but a fresh spring-like aroma from a blend of thyme, clove and lemongrass oils. So when you return from at vacation a the Fairmont Orchid you may not realize it but the hotel's use of botanical cleansers and disinfectants is one more reasons that you will leave feeling relaxed and refreshed. Who knows, you may decide to take a lesson from the housekeeping staff at the Fairmont and switch to natural cleansers in your own home.
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